Fred Berry

Fred Allen Berry March 19 1951 October 21 2003 was an American actor and street dancer He was best known for the role of Fred Rerun Stubbs on the 1970s television show Whats Happening Before starring on Whats Happening he was a member of the Los Angelesbased dance troupe The Lockers with whom he appeared on the third episode of Saturday Night Live He also appeared on the dance music show Soul Train and was featured in the programs signature line dance segment doing the memorable early 1970s dance step the slomo He reprised his role as Rerun in the series Whats Happening Now but was only on the show for one season Berry asked for more money than the rest of the cast believing he was the reason people tuned in Berrys widow Essie Berry told Urbanite magazine at Georgia State University that their unwillingness to pay Fred Berry his due in both shows led to their early cancellations During the 1990s Berry became a Baptist minister and lost 100 lbs after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Berry was married five times to four different women the first of whom he married twice On October 21 2003 Berry died at his Los Angeles home where he was recovering from a stroke He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles